Favoring concubines and ignoring wives? The mistress of the marquisate remarried a powerful official

Song Wanning was not annoyed after hearing what Song Wanshi said. She just got on the carriage and found a comfortable seat to sit down. She chuckled and said, "Sister Shi is worried about me, but nowadays in Shengjing, it is said that people who are not married are not allowed to attend the banquet."

Song Wanshi glanced at Song Wanning bluntly and sneered, "Although there is no such saying, I'm afraid you will be embarrassed if you go."

"Now I am a daughter of the Song family. If I lose face, won't my sister also lose face?"

Nan Hongqiu saw that Song Wanshi couldn't win the argument with Song Wanning and couldn't stand it anymore, so she just smiled and advised, "You two sisters still like to quarrel like that, but now you are going to visit someone, if the quarrel is heard by outsiders, I'm afraid it will be bad for your reputation."

Song Wanshi snorted, turned her head and ignored Song Wanning.

Song Wanshi was wearing a dress that Nan Hongqiu had seven or eight young ladies specially make in a few days. The thin silk scarf was embroidered with different shades of crabapple flowers, which was really pleasing to the eye. Song Wanshi also carefully selected her hair accessories, with just the right amount of delicate and small hairpins, which showed that Nan Hongqiu had really put a lot of effort into Song Wanshi's dressing.

On the other hand, Song Wanning was only wearing a sky-blue robe, and her long black hair was tied up with a plain hairpin. But even so, when Song Wanning sat next to Song Wanshi, Song Wanshi immediately lost her color.

Seeing Song Wanning like this, Song Wanshi sat further away from her out of taboo.

It only took the time of an incense stick for the three of them to arrive at the Pingyuan Marquis Mansion.

Although the banquets held by the noble families seemed to be for entertainment, there was a lot of knowledge behind them. Every noble who came to the banquet had his own purpose, some came to see a man, and some came to make friends.

The Pingyuan Marquis' Mansion is a powerful family, and his wife loves chrysanthemums very much, so the mansion garden is planted with chrysanthemums. Now is the season when chrysanthemums are in full bloom, so it is not surprising to invite guests to come and appreciate the chrysanthemums.

Song Wanning's purpose of coming to the Chrysanthemum Banquet was not to appreciate the chrysanthemums, but to meet her handkerchief friend.

Song Wanshi didn't want to go with Song Wanning, so she pulled Nan Hongqiu into the Marquis' Mansion first.

As soon as she entered, many of the officials' and their wives who had arrived earlier expressed their admiration. Song Wanshi could vaguely hear some people talking nearby.

The people in the pavilion looked at the door, and a woman immediately asked, "Whose girl is this? She is pretty and well dressed."

The woman next to her explained in a low voice, "This is Miss Song Wanshishi, the daughter of the general's mansion. Her clothes and appearance have always been checked by her mother, Grandma Nan, so there are usually no mistakes."

"He's a good-looking guy, is he married?"

"I haven't heard of it, I'm afraid it hasn't happened yet."

Song Wanshi was quite proud, and she and her mother Nan Hongqiu walked to the chairs that had been prepared long ago and sat down. However, who would have thought that just as they sat down, Song Wanning walked in from outside.

Song Wanning's decoration was simple, which contrasted with Song Wanshi who was walking in front.

The beautiful woman in the pavilion immediately spoke again, "Whose daughter is this? She has such a graceful demeanor and such a beautiful figure. The dress she wears is simple but very luxurious, like a lotus emerging from clear water, naturally without any decoration. I'm afraid she would be suitable to be sent to the palace as a concubine."

"This is also a girl from the general's mansion." The woman next to her continued to explain, "But this girl is a pitiful person. She was married for three years, but who would have thought that her husband was so inhumane that he ignored her. A while ago, the general came back from outside and decided to let her divorce and dug his own daughter out of the tomb of the living dead."

"Oh my god, doesn't the general's mansion care about this on weekdays? This is the general's girl."

"Grandma Nan has always only cared about her own daughters, so she wouldn't care about the general's daughter." The woman continued, "Back then, Miss Ning was only fourteen years old and was married to the Marquis's Mansion. I heard that it was because the Marquis's Mansion gave a lot of betrothal gifts. Grandma Nan decided to swallow all the betrothal gifts into the hands of the Duke Zhong, but the dowry was prepared for her daughter before the general went to war."

"There are such dirty things in this world."

The two people's discussion was neither loud nor quiet, and it reached the ears of Nan Hongqiu and Song Wanshi. Nan Hongqiu's face turned pale and blue, and she never expected that the private matter she thought she had done would be spread out.

The beautiful woman in front couldn't stop talking after she brought up this topic, and continued, "I see that although Miss Ning has been married once, her father is a general, and she herself is beautiful, so I'm afraid she can still find a good marriage again, right?"

"That's right. So what if she's remarried? I've heard that the Shangshu Mansion has already sent their son to see a girl. I'm afraid the General's Mansion will soon be in trouble. Not to mention the Shangshu Mansion, just for Miss Ning's dignified beauty and the power of the General's Mansion, I want my son to marry her."

Song Wanshi finally couldn't sit still after hearing this. She had dressed up carefully for a long time and put so much thought into it, but now she was actually a match for Song Wanning. Song Wanshi stood up with red eyes and left the yard. Nan Hongqiu saw her and hurried to chase her.

Song Wanning at the other end did not go to the guest seats after entering the door, but walked to the corridor at the other end. Mother Qin, who often served Liu Yuyuan, stood in the corner behind the door and waved to Song Wanning when she saw her.

Song Wanning walked over slowly, and saw Mother Qin with a smile on her face. She said to Song Wanning, "Grandma heard that Miss Ning was coming, so she sent a servant to take Miss to the backyard to talk. Now Grandma misses Miss very much, and I'm afraid she has a lot of private things to say, so Miss can put the matter of appreciating chrysanthemums aside for now."

Song Wanning smiled back and said calmly, “Yuyuan is thoughtful, please lead the way, mother.”

Song Wanning followed Mother Qin to the backyard. Because she knew Liu Yuyuan from the boudoir, Mother Qin and Song Wanning were also familiar with each other. She only heard Mother Qin continue to say, "The girl came here last time, but she was not as pretty and lively as today."

Song Wanning couldn't help but laugh after hearing this, "Thank you for the compliment, Mom. Maybe I feel better now that I'm free of that dirty family."

Mother Qin turned around and smiled and nodded at Song Wanning. As they passed the corner of the corridor, they saw a well-dressed little maid standing next to the corridor. The little maid said to Song Wanning, "Is this Miss Song Wanningning?"

Song Wanning and her mother both turned to look. Although Song Wanning was surprised, she still nodded to the maid and said, "That's right."

The maid bowed to Song Wanning and said with a smile, "Our mistress is now in the yard admiring the chrysanthemums. Miss Ning, please go over and chat with her. It won't keep you too long. Please do me a favor."